Luckily some awesome ladies also took to social media to respond to the reporters...

Samantha Bee and Cecile Strong got it right.

Whether you like Hillary Clinton's politics or not, telling a woman to "smile" is totally disrespectful to her. It diminishes her accomplishments and states that women shot. Women do not have to be happy bubbly smiley rays of sunshine to be successful and to get their message across. We don't expect that of men.